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Marvel Team-Up #103Issue(s): Marvel Team-Up #103 Review/plot: Meanwhile, JJ sends Peter to investigate an area of Manhattan where the crime rate has mysteriously dropped. Working at the Daily Bugle is an easy way to get Spider-Man involved in plots, but it doesn't really make sense for an editor to send a photographer to investigate a no-crime zone. What's he going to do, take pictures of all the hub caps on the cars? Anyway, of course they team up... ![]() ...and fight the Taskmaster. ![]() ![]() ![]() It's cool that they defeat the Taskmaster by shrinking him down to ant-size, something that i don't think Henry Pym had ever done to a villain to date. Of course the Taskmaster escapes in the end, because he's too cool a villain to be locked away in jail. The issue starts with Ant-Man busy at work repairing something. ![]() We then learn that it's his daughter Cassie's ROM toy (it's not a "doll"!). ![]() A little weird that in the Marvel Universe there's a toy based on a creature that the public thinks is a rampaging killer robot, but i know it's just a joke. I'm also a little creeped out by Scott showing up to greet his daughter wearing nothing but a towel, but i guess there's nothing actually wrong with it. It's a well done issue of Team-Up, not as fantastic as the Claremont/Byrne run but still better than average. The cover, on the other hand, has some terrible dialogue, with the Taskmaster saying "Spiders have to be bound! But ants -- ants can be squished!". Spiders have to be bound? What does that even mean? It makes the Taskmaster sound like a raving loony, and he's actually anything but. Quality Rating: C+ Chronological Placement Considerations: Peter Parker is working at the Daily Bugle. Following the MCP and the Index and placing this in a gap that occurs during Amazing Spider-Man #218. References:
Crossover: N/A Continuity Insert? N My Reprint: N/A Inbound References (3): showCharacters Appearing: Ant-Man (Scott Lang), J. Jonah Jameson, Spider-Man, Stature (Cassie Lang), Taskmaster CommentsHank Pym actually did that trick in the avengers cartoon (the good cartoon) Posted by: doomsday | June 24, 2014 11:25 PM Were they trying to establish Taskmaster as a regular Ant-Man villain? Because as I recall, this comes in between his two appearances in Avengers, both against Scott Lang. Posted by: Erik Beck | April 28, 2015 9:30 PM "Scott's former criminal life and his contacts is interesting, and should have been explored more." Posted by: Midnighter | November 17, 2015 11:29 AM Luckily Scott knows a guy... Regarding the ROM toy: well Spider-Man is a threat or menace...so if he gets toys and merch, ROM deserves the same respect. Posted by: Ataru320 | November 17, 2015 11:49 AM Taskmaster straight up beats Spider-man here in a one on one fight. Posted by: kveto from prague | July 20, 2016 4:09 PM Comments are now closed. |
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